The failure of the mission by the twelve spies is a mystery. How could they lose faith in G-d? But they didn’t. They simply mistook a well-known teaching not to rely on miracles, and therefore did not anticipate one. This teaches us that once we undertake challenges with our natural abilities, we create the opportunity…
In this week’s Parsha, the famous episode of the spies takes place. Moses sends spies to check out the lie of the land of Canaan, so that the Jewish people can enter their promised land with ease. The mission ends in disaster. The reconnoitre is coloured by the pessimism of ten of the 12 spies.…
One of the most important Mitzvot, and one of the Mitzvot exclusively reserved for women, is Hefresh Challa, taking a small portion of the dough being prepared for the Shabbat bread loaves and then burning it so that it cannot be used at all. This is done to demonstrate that a portion of all our…
